gotye

As with any worldwide known musician, the man behind GOTYE, Wouter "Wally" De Backer, was once in a smaller much less known band. The band is called The Basics and Wally was on the drums and also did lead and backup vocals. Crazy to think he went from being the man in back to …

This summer’s Billboard charts have pretty much belonged to Carly Rae Jepsen‘s ‘Call Me Maybe,’ but the previous Hot 100 champ — Gotye‘s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ — is still going strong, and still setting new r…

With a bassline made with a gigantic musical fence (only in Australia!), Gotye‘s ‘Eyes Wide Open’ is arguably more tense than ‘Somebody That I Used To Know,’ though it lacks quite the same charge as the song that (has almost) made he and Kimbra stars. Nonetheless, ‘Eyes Wide Open’ is a sincere, exci…